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The Origin of the 21-Gun Salute

July 4, 2002

Personal Snapshots Forecasts & Strategies July 2002 “Is anybody there? Does anybody care? Does anyone see what I see?” — George Washington, 1776 The 21-gun salute is considered the highest expression of honor and respect, given to recognize the presence or the passing of a great military hero or political leader. What is the origin [...]

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From Poverty to Riches: Is There a Magic Elixir?

July 1, 2002

From The President’s Desk Published in Ideas on Liberty July 2002 by Mark Skousen “The problem of making poor countries rich was much more difficult than we thought.” —William Easterly, World Bank1 “If there is one formula for our success, it was that we were constantly studying how to make things work, or how to [...]

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A Painless Way to Triple Your Savings

June 1, 2002

From The President’s Desk Published in Ideas on Liberty June 2002 by Mark Skousen “The human mind is charming in its unreasonableness, its inveterate prejudices, and its waywardness and unpredictability.” —LIN YUTANG1 “Behavioral” finance is the hot new field in the rapidly growing “imperial” science of economics. Consider the titles of recent books on the [...]

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Can Money Buy Happiness?

April 1, 2002

Personal Snapshots Forecasts & Strategies April 2002 “I’m tired of Love: I’m still more tired of Rhyme. But Money gives me pleasure all the time.” —Hilaire Belloc I came across a very interesting book the other day called Happiness and Economics: How the Economy and Institutions Affect Human Well-Being (Princeton University Press, 2002), by Bruno [...]

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What’s the Big Idea, Mr. Skousen?

March 1, 2002

Personal Snapshots Forecasts & Strategies March 2002 “We live in a ‘knowledge economy’—either you gain new knowledge, or your business and your investments die!” — Peter Drucker, World’s #1 management guru Peter Drucker is right. Either you grow in knowledge and opportunity, or you and your business die. Either you correctly foresee the future, or [...]

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FEE Convention + Vegas Money Show = Big Payoff!

February 1, 2002

Personal Snapshots Forecasts & Strategies February 2002 “Skousen’s course on executive economics was ranked the #1 course we have ever had at the Learning Center.”— Wayne Fortun, president, Hutchinson Technology Included in this issue is a brochure for the first FEE National Convention, which is scheduled for May 3–5, directly before the Las Vegas Money [...]

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Here’s a Tax-Deductible Way to Honor an American Hero

December 1, 2001

December 2001 PERSONAL SNAPSHOTS Forecasts & Strategies by Mark Skousen “A noble man cannot be lost in a crowd.” — Maori Saying I just returned from my 25th appearance at the New Orleans Investment Conference. I know hundreds of you have been to this classic “granddaddy “of seminars. There’s a reason why this investment conference [...]

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I Led Three Lives

November 1, 2001

November 2001 PERSONAL SNAPSHOTS Forecasts & Strategies by Mark Skousen “It was a time for every man to stir.” — Thomas Paine Westchester County, New York, where I now reside, is full of American heroes. Two are buried in Sleepy Hollow cemetery — Carnegie, the steel magnate (highlighted last month) and Samuel Gompers, the great [...]

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One Capitalist’s Advice: Attract Attention!

November 1, 2001

November 2001 From the President’s Desk Ideas on Liberty by Mark Skousen “Individualism, private property, the law of accumulation of wealth, and the law of competition . . . are the highest result of human experience, the soil in which society, so far, has produced the best fruit.” —ANDREW CARNEGIE’ A few days after my [...]

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This Icon of Capitalism Had the Answers

October 1, 2001

October 2001 PERSONAL SNAPSHOTS Forecasts & Strategies by Mark Skousen “The business career is a stern school of all the virtues. The business man pursues fortune.”— Andrew Carnegie After moving to New York last month to become the president of the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE), I took the opportunity to pay my respects to [...]

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